TERMS
Incoming Money
Revenue
law passed by the British Parliament setting taxes on molasses and sugar imported by the colonies. Lower taxes to encourage colonists to pay rather than smuggle.
The Sugar Act
The first bloodshed of the American Revolution (1770), as British guards at the Boston Customs House, opened fire on a crowd killing five American Colonists
The Boston Massacre
What is a parliament?
A form of government
legal document that enabled officers to search homes and warehouses for goods that might be smuggled
Writs of assistance
1765; law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.
The Stamp Act
an incident in which chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company were thrown from ships into Boston Harbor by American patriots
The Boston Tea Party
Who was George Grenville?
Prime Minister of Great Britain starting in 1763
to refuse to buy items from a particular country
Boycott
Act passed that gave the East India Tea Company the right to import tea to the colonies without paying most taxes.
Tea Act
Who did the Son of Liberty disguise themselves as during the Boston Tea Party?
Mohawk Indians
Where was King George III the king of?
Great Britain
the act of not importing or using certain goods
nonimportation
laws passed by British Parliament that placed import duties on tea, paper, glass, and paint (imported goods to America)
Townshend Acts
How many chests of tea were thrown overboard?
342
Why did Great Britain have more control over the colonists after the Proclamation of 1763?
Control of westward settlement
More British control of the fur trade
Slow colonists from moving away from colonies
to cancel an act or law
repeal
Harsh laws passed by British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party, to punish the people of Massachusetts for their resistance
The Intolerable Acts/ Coercive Acts
A dockworker who was part African, part Native American. 1 of the 5 killed in The Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks
What was George Grenville's main goal when becoming Prime Minister? How did this affect colonists?
Main goal was to decrease debt in Great Britain. Colonists would see major taxes in the colonies.